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Everything Rearward of the Baggage Compartment/ Sub-Kit 1 of 6
Stabilator and Service Bulletin3/20/2018 Made quite a bit of progress today before a simple mistake on Vans part has the entire project on hold. Started off with re-cleckoing the front and rear spars to the spar box assembly and after some confusion of finding the CS4-4 rivets (countersunk size 4 pop rivets) I managed to get that assembly finished. Next off to page 9-06 and preparing the ribs for the Horizontal Stabilator. If there is absolutely 1 tool that I would highly recommend it is the 3M deburring wheels, I have the 1", 2" and 6" (bench grinder) wheels and boy do these things save a ton of time and headache. I see too many videos of builders meticulously deburring for hours on end. The wheels make it a snap. One of the parts I didn't particularly care for here was the rounding of the forward ribs where the skin will bend around the leading edge. I had one rib catch on the bench grinder and ripped it clean out of my hands. Thankfully only a small bend on the front of the rib that was easily repaired. All the ribs were deburred, cleckoed up and finally riveted onto the spars. There was no point in proceeding onto page 9-07 as all of the parts on this page were going to be removed to complete the service bulletin that Vans put out. There were some instances of cracking on the spars where the horns attached so Vans sent out a mandatory Bulletin along with parts that were required to be replaced/installed. As luck would have it, the very first part I was to rivet called for 470 rivets and the bag where the 470 rivets were supposed to be were filled with 426 rivets. Quick call to Vans and your parts are on the way! So now on hold until we get those in. I may work on the VS and finish that up tonight or tomorrow. Laterz
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January 2019
Empennage Total Build Hours: 82.24
Inventory: 1.45 Vertical Stabilizer: 13.26 Rudder: 7.5 Anti-Servo Tabs: 4:30 Stabilator: 24.11 Tailcone: 30.42 |